Where does “mel” come from?

mel (Dalmatian) comes from Latin Mīlle, from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂.

mel (Dalmatian): thousand

Definitions

  1. thousand

Ancestry of “mel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinMīllethousand; 1000
2Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
3Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī →Every word from Latin Mīlle →